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Comments about politics
Four ways your privacy is being invaded
Slowly but surely, government and telecommunications companies have forged a police-corporate surveillance complex
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/11/four_ways_your_privacy_is_being_invaded/
This is a rather long outline of all the ways we have lost privacy over the last several decades …
Why I left the GOP
I grew up in a rich, conservative household, but after Katrina and Iraq, I realized my priorities were out of order
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/why_i_left_the_gop/
I see bits of myself in the author’s descriptions. While not an exact …
Here in the ‘great’ USofA:
America’s refusal to extradite Bolivia’s ex-president to face genocide charges
Obama justice officials have all but granted asylum to Sánchez de Lozada – a puppet who payrolled key Democratic advisers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/09/america-refusal-extradite-bolivia
I really have wound …
What are we cheering for?
Don’t let the conventions distract you from the real lesson of 2012: America is becoming increasingly undemocratic
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/06/obamas_convention_charade/
The problem is the system, the players don’t matter. As long as the system is rotten there …
Politics of Clint Eastwood’s empty chair
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/03/opinion/avlon-politics-empty-chair/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
I didn’t watch any of the RNC (and have no intention of watching any bit of the DNC either), but did see and read lots of stuff on Eastwood’s ‘performance’. I don’t feel …
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital
How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs – and stuck others with the bill
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829
Much as I …
When the Economist doesn’t support the GOP candidate:
So, Mitt, what do you really believe?
Too much about the Republican candidate for the presidency is far too mysterious
http://www.economist.com/node/21560864
Nothing shockingly new here, except for the source. Seeing something like …
Should Voting Be Mandatory?
Voting is not optional in 23 countries. Here’s why the United States should become the 24th
http://ideas.time.com/2012/08/21/should-voting-be-mandatory/?iid=op-main-lede&hpt=hp_bn16
I am on record as saying it should be way more difficult to get the right to vote rather …
Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad
How two administrations and both parties made illegality the American way of life.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/08/impunity-rendition-abroad-torture-bush-obama
Proof, as if it were needed to any discerning reader, that Obama is evil AND his evil is recognized by liberals …
The sham “terrorism expert” industry
A highly ideological, jingoistic clique masquerades as objective scholars, all to justify US militarism
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/15/the_sham_terrorism_expert_industry/
Because this is a long post and I suspect many of my reader(s) won’t take the time to go through …